---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-302736"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PCVX"
cik: "0001649094"
company_name: "Vaxcyte, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T06:11:53.403367+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vaxcyte appoints Elvia Cowan as principal accounting officer effective Jan 1, 2023

## Summary
- Elvia Cowan, 50, currently SVP Finance since July 2022, appointed principal accounting officer.
- Previously VP Controller at 23andMe (Oct 2018 - Mar 2022) and CFO at Ruby Ribbon.
- Andrew Guggenhime remains President and CFO, stepping down as principal accounting officer.
- Cowan is a CPA in California and holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Mount Saint Mary's University.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-302736
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PCVX
- cik: 0001649094
- company_name: Vaxcyte, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1649094/000119312522302736/0001193125-22-302736-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1649094/000119312522302736/d304365d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-302736
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-302736.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-302736.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elvia Cowan was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at Vaxcyte, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On December 6, 2022, the Board of Directors of Vaxcyte, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Elvia Cowan, its Senior Vice President, Finance, as the Company’s principal accounting officer, effective January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1649094/000119312522302736/0001193125-22-302736-index.htm

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